Water Lilies 2011:13

I was satisfied with the painting "Water Lilies 2011:11" and was wondering what it would look like if I clean it up, make it on canvas.
I like the result. There is aspects I like on the original and others I like on this new one.
Not sure which is my favorite though

waterlilies 2011:11

From time to time I get the idea to paint a full-blown water lily flower.
Some times I like it, sometimes not. This one was painted without any pressure and have loose brush strokes. It turned out good I think.

Kitty's toys, where is Kitty?

And here is my take on the challenge, my interpretation.
Oh, by the way, turned 48 yesterday. =)

I signed up for "Daily Paintworks"...

I joined them for the challenges and the opportunity to get feedback from people that I don't know. It is always hard to tell what a friend really think.

The first challenge I thought I try is the "The Whole Cat and Kaboodle Challenge", but instead of painting the cat, I painted the alternativ, a picture of cat toys. Not many have done that. Not saying that I will not paint the cat, but the toys are more "me".
The picture I got to work from is this one.
I cropped it and used some artistic freedom. I wanted it to be my style.
Hope you like it. I had a lot of fun.
But first, here is the original.

Water Lilies 2011:8

Another on with gray clouds.

Water Lilies 2011:7

Went back to capturing gray clouds in the water. Like the cool gray with the blue and green. Kept it loose, painting on paper again. Like the feeling, the way the paint is absorbed by the paper.

wacky boxes with apples

Been together with my big love for 8 years now, celebrated it by (among things) with painting something different.

old meet new style

One thing that I enjoy painting is faces. It is a while since I painted one and am a little rusty. This isn't my best one, but I had lot of fun painting it.
The picture that I got inspiration from show how old beard and mustache fashions are back in style. Seen it in a lot of pictures lately.

Water Lilies 2011:6

Here is another one that I kept loose and more expressive colors.
The painting were square in size, but after I finished I realized that the composition worked better if I cut the image size.

Water Lilies 2011:6

Water Lilies 2011:5

One thing leads to another.
Usually when I paint I tend to go in an opposite direction either on the next painting or after a few in a certain style. When I paint I usually work with my instinct and often triggers the question what the painting would have been like if I went the other way. That mean that I often go from simple and strict, to more complexed and expressive. With this painting I went with more colors and more movement, with the contour lines keeping things together.

Painting on paper

Sometimes I paint on paper, sometimes on canvas. The difference is often that I loose up and get more free on paper, trying out new things. Sometimes the finished result feel like sketches, sometimes like a finished painting.
This one feels like a (I think) finished painting.

Big Pop Water Lilies

I liked the "pop water lilies" painting a lot. I thought I take it a step further and make a bigger one. With bigger I don't mean making the same motives bigger, bigger leaves etc. I mean making a more complex painting with more leaves and flowers.
I like the result a lot.

Pop Water Lilies 1-9, Final vision

This is how I imagined that they could be displayed, all together, and it works for me.

Pop Water Lilies nr. 9

Last and final (for now at least) of the series. Went with blue background, looked on the eight that were finished and thought blue is the missing one.
I like to paint these clean graphic paintings and how they look.

Pop Water Lilies nr. 8

Here is number 8. I put the 7 paintings on the floor and decided to go with a red/brown background. The result got a autumn feeling.